Why rival fans envy rather than 'hate' the Crusaders for their Super Rugby success
Richie Mounga (C) and his Crusaders teammates celebrate winning he 2021 Super Rugby title. The word hate is as overworked in the sporting lexicon as a box kick or scrum re-set on the rugby pitch. Remember the eight-year-old kid who held up the I Hate You, Auckland sign at Lancaster Park in 1997 when the Blues were at the peak of their powers? That boy - Dean Anderson - had a pretty good take on the word hate when he grew up to be a man. Stuff in 2013 - when he was 24 - Anderson said: "Now I...
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